The Best of the Week’s News

• Trump’s most shocking anti-worker statements. (Guardian)
   
• The Amazon River is drying up. (NYT)
   
• Admissions scandal: USC granted the children of major donors nearly guaranteed admission and roles as walk-on athletes. (LAT)
   
• California ballot initiative would end involuntary servitude in prisons. (MoJo)
   
• LA County supervisor steps down and will plead guilty to stealing moneyearmarked for hungry seniors. (LAist)